FW: Recent presentation on Kid's Software for Linux

Though software for "kids" is not a great interest of mine, I forward this knowing there has been much general interest in the subject emanating from others on the list. One thing I got from a quick look at the presentation was quite positive. Clearly distinguishing between entertainment and educational software. Probably the biggest reason I react negatively to the general subject of software for kids is that there seems to be a reluctance to make clear distinctions here. Particularly in the case of non-commercial software. Somehow if its directed at kids, and comes out of the opensource community, its educational - in some overly vague way. Obviously there is nothing wrong with opensource efforts to entertain kids. But there seems to be a habit of misclassification, or certainly vagueness, here. Art -----Original Message----- From: Bill Kendrick [mailto:nbs@sonic.net] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:11 AM To: debian-edu@lists.debian.org; debian-jr@lists.debian.org Subject: Recent presentation on Kid's Software for Linux I whipped together a presentation for my local Linux User Group this month, on "Kid's Software for Linux." I of course mentioned Debian Jr and Edu projects. ;^) I thought you folks might care to take a peek. Enjoy! http://www.lugod.org/presentations/kidslinux/ -bill! bill@newbreedsoftware.com Got kids? Get Tux Paint! http://newbreedsoftware.com/bill/ http://newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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